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Head to this British artist's first solo painting exhibition at Ballard Estate
Updated On: 30 April, 2023 08:23 AM IST | Mumbai | Sucheta Chakraborty
A British artist’s exhibition in the city celebrates his countryside upbringing and fascination for traditional craft
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Night Shifting by David Brian Smith
"I`ve always enjoyed making larger works and approach the challenge like…a game of strategy or problem solving. Akin to a game of chess…I enjoy the interaction with larger works, as I’m forced to move around the painting, like a physical performance,” says British artist David Brian Smith, whose first solo exhibition in India titled Tripper opened at Galerie Isa in Ballard Estate this month.
Tripper showcases 10 new large-scale paintings that were inspired by the landscapes or scenes of the different countries Smith had always wanted to see, the exhibition taking its name both from the virtual trips he went on through his paintings and from the ‘trippy’ nature of the landscapes themselves. While he didn’t have an ‘India’ painting as a starting point, the fact that the works were destined for India, he says, meant the country was omnipresent throughout the production of each piece; be it the Indian sari with its dexterous patterning or festivals like Holi with their joyful celebration of colours. “I consciously set out to make a positive, uplifting series of paintings,” he says.
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